Amazing Tapes from Africa

Also highly reccomended is the first track on the front page, "Kilyano Ratanga" by the Charles A. Chepkwony Kolu Band which "has lengthy breakdowns that sound to me like early house music—if it was done on twangy guitars, muffly bass and break-your-bones live drums in East Africa." (link via Wizardishungry... again)

Awesome Tapes' proprietor has also written a handy primer on hiplife over at Stylus.